2019 24th Busan International Film Festival – Korean Cinema Today_Vision (WP)
2019 45th Seoul Independent Film Festival – Competition (Special Prize)
2019 8th Gwangju Independent Film Festival
2020 49th International Film Festival Rotterdam – Bright Future Main Programme (IP)
2020 20th Seoul Independent Documentary Film Festival – SIDOF Focus
2020 3rd Indie & Doc Fest Cine Coreano
2020 20th Seoul International ALT Cinema & Media Festival – Korean Propose
2020 13th Korean Film Festival in Hungary
2020 22nd Seoul International Women’s Film Festival – New Currents
2020 21st Jeju Women’s Film Festival
2020 12th DMZ International Documentary Film Festival – Korean Docs Showcase
2020 34th Image Forum Festival – East Asian Experimental Competition (Terayama Shuji Prize)
2020 11th Women’s Film Festival in Gwangju
2020 4th Berlin Korea Independent Filmfestival
2021 12th Taiwan International Documentary Festival – Asian Vision Competition
2021 15th Film Festival for Women’s Rights – FIWOM Choice: Competition
2021 17th Korean Film Festival DC
2024 11th Korean Film Festival Canada – Side by Side
임신한 나무와 도깨비 (The Pregnant Tree and the Goblin)
[SYNOPSIS]
의정부 기지촌에서 미군 위안부로 40년 넘게 살아온 박인순은 미군 기지 철거를 알리는 뉴스 소식에 마음이 불안하다. 어느 겨울 밤, 인순은 동료 기지촌 여성의 죽음을 목격하고 그 장례식에 참석한다. 그리고 이승을 헤매는 유령들을 찾으러 온 저승사자들에게 발견된다. 저승사자들은 유령들을 데려가기 위한 이야기를 만들어내고, 인순은 그들에게 맞서기 위해 자신만의 이야기를 펼치기 시작한다.
[FESTIVALS/AWARDS]
2019 제24회 부산국제영화제 – 한국영화의 오늘: 비전
2019 서울독립영화제 – 경쟁부문
2019 광주독립영화제 – 특별초청
2020 로테르담국제영화제 – Bright Future
[DIRECTOR’S NOTE]
영화는 기지촌 여성이었던 박인순의 자전적 역사쓰기에 관한 픽션이며 존재했으나 더이상 존재하지 않는 이야기에 관한 이야기이자 소멸에 저항하기 위한 복수극이다.
[FILMOGRAPHY]김동령
2015 <밤손님>(Into the Night)
2013 <거미의 땅>(Tour of Duty)
2009 <아메리칸 앨리>(American Alley)
2006 <이상한 나라의 앨리스>(Alice in Wonderland)
2004
박경태
2015 <문의 여정>(The Journey of a Door)
2013 <거미의 땅>(Tour of Duty)
2008 <노병은 사라지지 않는다, 다만>(Old Soldiers Never Die, but)
2005 <있다>(There Is)
2003 <나와 부엉이>(Me and the Owl)
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㈜시네마달
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In a shanty village located next to the US military base in Uijungbu, lives a former US military comfort woman Park Insun. Living in the village for more than 40 years, Insun feels uneasy after the news announcement of the demolition plan of the military base.
One winter night, Insun discovers the death of her colleague and follows her silent funeral. She is soon spotted by the Death Messengers who came to investigate the wandering ghosts and take them to the afterlife. While the Death Messengers try to make up stories for the ghosts, Insun decides to make her own story to fight back her extinction.
2019 24th Busan International Film Festival – Korean Cinema Today_Vision (WP)
2019 45th Seoul Independent Film Festival – Competition (Special Prize)
2019 8th Gwangju Independent Film Festival
2020 49th International Film Festival Rotterdam – Bright Future Main Programme (IP)
2020 20th Seoul Independent Documentary Film Festival – SIDOF Focus
2020 3rd Indie & Doc Fest Cine Coreano
2020 20th Seoul International ALT Cinema & Media Festival – Korean Propose
2020 13th Korean Film Festival in Hungary
2020 22nd Seoul International Women’s Film Festival – New Currents
2020 21st Jeju Women’s Film Festival
2020 12th DMZ International Documentary Film Festival – Korean Docs Showcase
2020 34th Image Forum Festival – East Asian Experimental Competition (Terayama Shuji Prize)
2020 11th Women’s Film Festival in Gwangju
2020 4th Berlin Korea Independent Filmfestival
2021 12th Taiwan International Documentary Festival – Asian Vision Competition
2021 15th Film Festival for Women’s Rights – FIWOM Choice: Competition
2021 17th Korean Film Festival DC
2024 11th Korean Film Festival Canada – Side by Side
[DIRECTOR’S NOTE]
This is a fiction on a former US military comfort woman, Park Insun, who writes her own biography, the stories that don't exist anymore. The film tells her story of revenge against her extinction.
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